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CHE 101-40C  - Applied Chemistry

Schedule:    Spring 2012                                M Lawliss Home

Dates Subject to change as necessary.
revised --/--/--                                                   

Mike Lawliss                                  Jan 26 – May 17

Week 1			Content Covered	LAB
Jan 26			Course overview / syllabus / projects explained / notebooks / Safety Lecture	Safety and Course Introduction *Scavenger Hunt*
Week 2				LAB
Jan 31	Chap 3 Atoms and Elements		Elements & Symbols The Atom Atomic Number + Mass Number Isotopes & Atomic Mass	+ Assign Critical Research Paper
Feb 2			Periodic Table Electrons Arrangement and Periodic Law	Quiz – 1- 20 Elements
Week 3				LAB
Feb 7	Chap 1 Measurement		Units of measure Scientific Notation Measurements and Exact Numbers Significant Figures	- Flame Tests     Quiz – 21-40 Elements
Feb 9			SI- Metric prefixes Conversions Density Student Designed Labs	Measurement Lab first formal lab report
Week 4				LAB
Feb 14				Measurement Lab cont’d
Feb 16	Chapter 2 Energy & States of Matter		Energy Measuring Temperature Measuring Heat Energy Energy & Nutrition States of Matter	Quiz – Chap 1
Week 5				LAB
Feb 21	Chapter 2 Energy & States of Matter ( cont’d )		Melting and Freezing  Boiling and Condensing	Calories From A Peanut ☼Meas. Lab Due
Feb 23			Heat and cooling curves Energy in Chemical Reactions Chemical Equilibrium	Calorimeter: Determining Temp of Oven. 2nd formal lab report
Week 6					LAB
Feb 28	Chapter 9 Nuclear Radiation	Natural Radioactivity Nuclear Equations Producing Radioactive Isotopes			Quiz – Chap 2
Mar 1		Radiation Detection & Measurement Medical Applications Half Life Nuclear Fusion & Fission			Chernobyl
Week 7					LAB
Mar 6		EXAM #1
Mar 8	Chapter 4 Compounds and their Bonds	Valence Electrons Ions + the Octet Rule Ionic Compounds Naming & Writing Ionic Formulas			☼Calorimeter Lab Report Due
Week 8					LAB
Mar 13		SPRING
Mar 15		BREAK
Week 9					LAB
Mar 20	Chapter 4 Compounds and their Bonds ( cont’d )	Covalent Bonds Covalent Compounds Bond polarity Polyatomic Ions			Compounds & their formulas #8 (Take Home)
Mar 22	Chapter 5 Chemical Rxn’s	Chemical Changes Chemical Equations Balancing Chemical Equations Types of Rxn’s Red- Ox Rxn’s			Chapter 5 Chemical Rxn’s
Week 10					LAB
Mar 27		The Mole Calculations Using Molar Mass Mole Relationships in Chem Equat. Mass Calculations			Quiz – Chap 4   ☼ Critical Research Paper Due
Mar 29	Chapter 5 Chemical Rxn’s ( cont’d )	STOICHIOMETRY			Iron to Copper
Week 11					LAB
Apr 3	Chapter 6 Gases	Properties of Gases Gas Pressure Pressure + Volume Temperature & volume Temperature & pressure			+ Pick Research Project topics. (Oral Reports)
Apr 5		NO CLASS
Week 12					LAB
Apr 10		Combined gas Law Volume & Moles			Boyle’s Law  & Charles’ Law 3rd  formal lab report
Apr 12		EXAM #2
Week 13					LAB
Apr 17	Chapter 7 Solutions	Properties of Water Solutions Electrolytes & Non electrolytes Solubility
Apr19	Chapter 7 Solutions ( cont’d )	Percent Concentration   Colloids + Suspensions Osmosis & Dialysis Molarity			Making Solutions for Titration Lab ☼ Gas Laws Report Due
Week 14					LAB
Apr 24	Chapter 8 Acids & Bases	Acids & Bases Ionization of H2O The pH Scale Strength of Acids & Bases			Quiz – Chap 7
Apr 26		Acid / Base Neutralizations Buffers			Making Dilutions 4th  formal lab report
Week 15					LAB
May 1		Acid Base Titration			Acid Base Titration
May 3	Organic Chemistry	Alkanes Naming Organic Compounds Properties of Alkanes Branched Alkanes Structural Formulas			Quiz – Chap 8
Week 16					LAB
May 8	Organic Chemistry	Aromatics Alkenes Alkynes Functional Groups Other Organic Topics
May 10		CLASS PRESENTATIONS			Organic Modeling   ☼Titration Report Due
Week 17				LAB
May 15		CLASS PRESENTATIONS
May 17	EXAM #3

 

 

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